Movies and TV

Movies and TV

The College of Nursing will sponsor a special public screening of the documentary film "The American Nurse" at 7 p.m. April 11, in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pennsylvania.

As WPSU celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we have for you a photo of WPSX-TV staff members — as part of Penn State Continuing Education’s Division of Broadcasting, which was located in Wagner Building — posing in a studio in 1966, the year after the station went on air for the first time.

Although survival rates for many cancers have improved in recent years, the causes of childhood cancer are still not well understood. Prevention, detection and treatment for childhood cancer will be examined on the next episode of WPSU Penn State’s “Conversations LIVE” at 8 p.m. on March 26.

Penn State President Eric J. Barron will discuss the University’s responsibility to promote student career success and economic development during the next episode of WPSU Penn State’s “Higher Education in Focus” at 8 p.m. on March 19 on WPSU-TV and WPSU-FM.

A water bottle in a publicity shot for the period drama "Downton Abbey" unleashed harsh criticism and hilarious parodies about the visual authenticity of the series. But it also raises deeper issues about its accuracy in advancing understanding of a remarkable time in British history, from 1912 through the 1920s. Penn State Abington Professor of History Andrew August, whose research focuses on social history, gender and culture in modern British history -- a sweet spot for discussing life on the fictional country estate of Downton Abbey -- weighs in on the cultural and historical accuracy of the wildly popular period drama "Downton Abbey."

Mountainfilm on Tour, a selection of award winning films that explore themes connected to exploring cultures, promoting adventure and preserving environments, will be hosted by Penn State Great Valley in the Musser Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26.

Fifty years ago, WPSU-TV went on the air for the first time. Students and teachers who turned on their televisions for the initial broadcast watched “Saludos Amigos,” an introductory Spanish class aimed at schoolchildren across central Pennsylvania.

Stephen G. Sheetz, chairman of the Sheetz Family Council, and founder of Penn State Altoona’s Sheetz Fellows Program and Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, and Loretta Zeth, president of the Sheetz Fellows, shared their perspectives on entrepreneurship and student career success during an appearance on WPSU’s "Higher Education in Focus" on Feb. 19

Potential alternatives to a traditional college or university and the various pathways to a specialized education will be discussed during the next episode of WPSU-TV’s “Conversations LIVE” at 8 p.m. on Feb. 26.

The excavation of an ancient desert garden and pool complex – an archeological project directed by Leigh-Ann Bedal, associate professor of anthropology at Penn State Behrend – is detailed in a documentary feature appearing this month on PBS, including WQLN-TV in Erie.